Work & commute · Grand Coteau

Work & commute in Grand Coteau, LA

Most working residents leave Grand Coteau for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (27%), Opelousas (10%) and Sunset (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 253 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 250 Grand Coteau residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 317 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grand Coteau.

250live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

317work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grand Coteau goes to work

Lafayette14.8 mi away

27%69

Opelousas7.6 mi away

10%25

Sunset1.6 mi away

5%13

Baton Rouge54.4 mi away

4%10

Lake Charles71.3 mi away

3%8

Scott12.8 mi away

2%6

Alexandria65.4 mi away

2%5

Crowley24.2 mi away

2%4

Jennings39.1 mi away

2%4

Monroe145 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%105

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Grand Coteau commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

26%

39%

31%

26%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grand Coteau is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Grand Coteau are

320 jobs are based in Grand Coteau. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grand Coteau’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grand Coteau

320 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Grand Coteau residents hold

253 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+2%

Jobs based in Grand Coteau, 2013 → 2023: 315 → 320. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.